Displaying 1 of 1 2015 Format: Book Author: Williams, Kate, 1974- author. Title: Ambition and desire : the dangerous life of Josephine Bonaparte / Kate Williams. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Ballantine Books, 2015. Description: viii, 384 pages, 16 pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: From CNN's official royal historian, a highly praised young author with a doctorate from Oxford University, comes the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of the woman who conquered Napoleon's heart -- and with it, an empire. Subjects: Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814. Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Marriage. Empresses -- France -- Biography. Notes: Originally published under the title Josephine: desire, ambition, Napoleon in the United Kingdom by Hutchinson, a member of The Random House Group Limited, London, in 2013. Includes bibliographical references (pages [355]-365) and index. Contents: Prologue -- La Pagerie -- Sophistication -- "Beneath all the sluts in the world" -- Revolution -- "The height of good manners to be ruined" -- "What strange power you have over my heart" -- "The single object in my heart" -- A million kisses -- "I am so distressed at being separated from him" -- "All I have suffered" -- "He owes me everything" -- "The most beautiful thing in the world" -- Scenes with Bonaparte -- "My stepfather Is a comet" -- "Your imperial majesty" -- "The king of diamonds" -- "I have fulfilled my destiny" -- "I wish you would be more reasonable" -- "Cold and often embarrassed" -- "Like a wounded soldier" -- "More full of charm" -- Epilogue. Web Site: Cover image LCCN: 2014030438 ISBN: 9780345522832 (hardback : alkaline paper) 0345522834 (hardback : alkaline paper) 9780345522832 : HRD 0345522834 : HRD * 9780345522856 (e-book) Other Number: 885027102 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 451843 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: BIO Josephin Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1